Humanitarian Community in Pakistan is Faced with New Challenges -
Six Months into the Floods

(Islamabad/Geneva/New York: 27 January
2011) This week marks six months since the floods triggered an unprecedented
humanitarian crisis in Pakistan, and the humanitarian community operating
in the country is still faced with new challenges. After having assisted
millions of flood-affected people with emergency aid since August last
year, the relief has now also to include early recovery support, and funding
for these activities is urgently needed. Out of the more than 450 projects
in the Floods Relief and Early Recovery Response Plan, 252 are early recovery
activities. "As these well-designed projects are essential for the
country to get back on its feet, we need more funding to put them into
practice," said the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Assistance
to Pakistan, Mr Rauf Engin Soysal. The Early Recovery projects in the Flood
Response Plan are currently funded at 39 percent, and despite the fact
that emergency relief is still required, the needs for rehabilitation activities
are growing by the day.